[Touch-packages] [Bug 1710911] Re: apt-ftparchive does not correctly cache filesizes for packages > 4GB

** Also affects: apt (Debian) via https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=872334 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1710911] Re: apt-ftparchive does not correctly cache filesizes for packages > 4GB

I believe this issue also affects apt-ftparchive in Debian, so have raised a bug there: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=872334 ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #872334 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=872334 -- You received this bug notification becau

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1710911] Re: apt-ftparchive does not correctly cache filesizes for packages > 4GB

juliank: From what I can see, cache files generated by apt-ftparchive do not contain versioned entries. They can also be located anywhere on a machine's filesystem, depending on how the sysadmin chose to apply the utility; there isn't one canonical file that can be automatically refreshed on packa

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1710911] [NEW] apt-ftparchive does not correctly cache filesizes for packages > 4GB

Public bug reported: Release: 16.04 Version: 1.2.19 apt-ftparchive is a utility for, among other things, generating a Packages file from a set of .deb packages. Because generating Packages files for a large directory tree of .deb packages is expensive, it can cache the properties of .deb package